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Woodbury County Fair
Show Order
ShowmanshipShowmanship classes will start at 11 a.m. before the rabbit show. Exhibitors
can sign-up for showmanship on Friday of Fair week before 11 a.m.
8401 Senior Showmanship (Completed 10th- 12th grades)
8402 Intermediate Showmanship (Completed 7th- 9th grades)
8403 Junior Showmanship (Completed 4th- 6th grades)
Six-Class-Rabbits (Six-Class will compete by Age Bracket and by Separate Breed)
Champion and Reserve Six-Class Rabbits (Each Breed, at judges option)
Champion and Reserve Champion Six-Class Rabbit
Four-Class Rabbits (Four-Class will compete by Age Bracket and by Separate Breed)
Champion and Reserve Four-Class Rabbits (Each Breed, at judges option)
Champion and Reserve four-Class Rabbit
BEST RABBIT OF SHOW (Champion Six-Class and Champion Four-Class rabbits
compete)
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Mike Beavers – Superintendent – (712) 944-5140 or 204-1383
Michael Beavers – Superintendent – (712) 314-4674
Jared Schramm – Superintendent – Phone (712) 870-0044
The poultry book on Standards of Perfection will be used as guidelines. This book is
available for check-out at the Extension office.
Refer to General Rules.
Mandatory: All poultry exhibited must come from U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid clean or
equivalent flocks (this means the location where your poultry is housed is NPIP
certified (National Poultry Improvement Plan) or have a negative Pullorum-Typhoid
test within 90 days of public exhibition and the test must have been performed by an
authorized tester. Most 4-H members will need to have their birds tested. The county
testing date will be held on June 26, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Woodbury County
Fairgrounds. Cost is 50 cents per bird (except doves and pigeons). Or 4-H members
may have another Iowa certified tester test their birds, which needs to be done with-in
90 days of county fair.
All poultry will be checked at the door the day of entry and you must show a
certificate of proof that your poultry are Pullorum-Typhoid clean. Exhibitors MUST
HAVE a certificate – failure to have the certificate means that the birds cannot be
entered at the fair. No individual scraps of paper or receipts will be accepted.
All birds will be checked at the door for mites. If any are found to have mites, the
birds must be treated before they will be allowed into the building. Questions
regarding the treatment of birds or preparing the birds for fair refer to 4-H Department,
or contact Poultry Superintendents.
All cages must be locked.
No fans are allowed in rabbit/poultry building except for the fans provided by the
building superintendents.
All 4-H’ers showing poultry are encouraged to participate in showmanship.
Proper dress attire for showmanship: long-sleeve white shirt, or coat, and blue jean
pants.
Exhibitors must be present following judging to receive premium money.
Exhibitors are responsible for their own exhibits.
Each exhibitor is allowed to enter one entry in each class.
Each bird may only be entered one time. Example: If bird is shown as an individual,
that bird may not be shown again in a pair of birds.
Clubs exhibiting birds will be judged on herdsmanship, see Herdsmanship Department
for rules. Clubs will be judged as a unit within the building. Any questions contact
poultry superintendents.
Birds chosen for exhibit must be selected from the member’s own flock.
One bird exhibited in the market poultry class or the meat bird class may enter the